Pavement engineering : principles and practice

"Pavement Engineering will cover the entire range of pavement construction, from soil preparation to structural design and life-cycle costing and analysis. It will link the concepts of mix and structural design, while also placing emphasis on pavement evaluation and rehabilitation techniques. S...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Authors Mallick, Rajib B. (Author), El-Korchi, Tahar (Author)
Format Electronic eBook
LanguageEnglish
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, [2018]
EditionThird edition.
Subjects
Online AccessFull text
ISBN9781315119205
131511920X
9781498758802
1498758800
9781523118229
1523118229
9781498758826
1498758827
9781351632843
1351632841
Physical Description1 online resource (xxvii, 747 pages) : illustrations

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Table of Contents:
  • Introduction and description of pavements
  • Standards
  • Principles of mix and structural design and construction of asphalt pavement
  • Principles of structural design, mix design, and construction of concrete pavements
  • Traffic
  • Drainage
  • Soil
  • Aggregates for asphalt and concrete mixes
  • Asphalt and emulsions
  • Distress and performance
  • Consideration of major distress mechanisms and material characterization for asphalt pavements
  • Mix and structural design of asphalt mix layers
  • Construction of asphalt pavements
  • Concrete fundamentals for rigid pavements
  • Distress models and material characterization for concrete pavements
  • Mix design and structural design for concrete pavements
  • Construction of concrete pavements
  • Precast concrete pavements
  • Pavement surface characteristics
  • Maintenance and rehabilitation of pavements: pavement management systems
  • Airport pavements
  • Nondestructive tests
  • Economic analysis and cost-saving concepts
  • Instrumentation in asphalt and concrete pavement
  • Specialty applications
  • Sustainable pavement engineering
  • Environmental mitigation in transportation projects.